Apparel-corset.



w. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLIOATION FILED 1'33. 10, 1914.

1,107,219. Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Z7 WITNESSES INVENTOI? 1 MED/MW (U IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALJSEMAR -KOPS, or am YORK, n. Y., ASSIGNOR T KOPS 1230s.,

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OLE NEW YORK, N. Y.,

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Application filed February 10, I Serial No. 817,734.

- to so construct apparel corsets as to change,

in some degree at least, the natural form of the human feminine figure so as to produce various effects, for example, the so-called straight-front effect and the effect of eliminating the waist line. The fashion at the present time, however, shows a tendency to i'eturii'to the normal or natural figure,

bringing out the usual graceful curves of the feminine form.

I am aware that heretofore corsets have been made of yielding material, for example,

of rubber fabric, so as to snugly fit the body.

From a standpoint of construction, however,

much difficulty has been experienced in makiiig the necessaryj'oints-for' connections between t'l e' several gores, of which such garmentsare necessarily constructed. This is largely due to the fact that in connecting the adjacent edges of the gore sections, the lines of sewing, or other means employed, necessarily cut or sever, to a. certain extent, the elastic elements of the fabric employed. This, as will be understood, necessarily impairs the elasticity of'the fabric at the points at which the rubber is so pierced or severed,

so. that .inacomparatively short time the fabric at such points loses all its elasticity or tears away. j Furthermore, from a standpoint of hygienics, corsets or similar garments made of a wholly rubber fabrie'have been so constructedthat it is impossible for the air to circulate-freely through the same, and in many instances these garments are so formed th at ther. canrbe no circulation of air at all- Thesecorsets are therefore obviously disadvantageous, gif -not-injurious, to the health of the wearer,- besides being difficult tomaintaiir in position. 'Itmay also be stated that'sueh rubber corsets yield evenly in all theirparts and exert a uniform ten sion. throughout their. 'extent, providing no material support to'a iiyi part of the body,

while oftentimes restricting the free circulationof the blood.

Nowletli e' .object'ofiiriy: present lIiYBIltl'Olll is fela stic,

the provision of a corset made to cling 'snugly'to all parts of the body which it covers, so as to bring out the natural lines thereof, without restricting the circulation of the blood, and at the same time giving the body the desired support. In so constructing my improved corset, the material employed is preferably a woven fabric hav- ;ing yielding or elastic and unyielding or inelastic portions woven integrally, each section of the corset being preferably formed of such a fabric in which the border portions are inelastic and theintermediate portionsso that in connecting the edges of the border inelastic portions, the rubber or yielding element of the fabric is not cut or severed and consequently its elasticity is not impaired and the sections of the corset are elastic or yielding only in a direction transversely of the body thereof. Furthermore, the fabric of which my improved garment is preferably made is provided with a series ofspaces, in pre-arranged positions, through.

which the air can circulate freely, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the corset structure made in accordance-with my present invention. F ig. 2 is a similar View showing a modified form of the invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan 1 of the preferred form of fabric from which .riesof sections a running longiti'ldiiia'lly,

my improved corset is constructed.

Referring to the drawing, and particu-' larly'tg Fig. 1, the corset made in accordance with my invention is constructed with a se'' that is, lengthwise 0f the garment. Each of these sections or gores is constructed from a fabric comprising a yielding portion and unyielding portions 11, the yielding portion 10 preferably running centrally between the unyielding portions 11. These sections a, are suitably shaped and are connected by strips 12 of a suitable unyielding fabric by being sewed thereto or otherwise. In so con meeting the adjacent edges of adjoining scc-- tions a, it will be apparent thatinasinuch as these adjoining'seetions are unyielding or inelastic, there isfno possibility of iuplrm'g the elasticity'of thefabric by piercing-or severing anyof the yielding or elast c elementscontained therein. In the strips 12 there are bone pockets WhlClRlGCGlVe and contain suitable stays which, w ththe ad av the fabric.

cent unyielding portions of the fabnc, assist in supporting the body.

I haveshow n in Figs. 1 and 2, corsets made in accordance with my present inven-' tion, which are as is customary providedwith steel pockets 13 along the front edges, and. lacing strips ,14 along the rear edges, these lacing strips'being' provided with eyelets 15, through which the usual laces 16 are threaded. Also, as shown in these fig ures -of the drawing, the strips containing the steel pockets 13 may. be extended when the corset'is provided'with a skirt, these extensions being fitted with eyelets 17 through which the front laces 18 are threaded.

In the fabric from which the various sections a are made, there are a series of prearranged ventilating spaces, indicated at 19, in Fig. 3, as will hereinafter be moreparticularly described.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that in carrying out my invention, I may construct a corset of'alternate' sections 20, of an unyielding fabric, and intermediate sections made of fabric having yielding portions 21 and unyielding portions 22 similar to the fabric from which all of the sections are made in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1.

The garment shown in Fig. 2 is provided with strips 23 of unyielding material to which the adjacent edges of the unyielding fabric of the several sections are connected, by sewing or otherwise, and in this garment the material is also provided withseries of pre-arranged ventilating spaces, indicated at 19, in Fig. 3. Inasmuch as the strips 23 are employed to connect the unyielding or inelastic edges of the intermediate sections with the edges of the alternate sections of inelastic or unyielding material, it will be apparent that the same condition maintains in the structure shown in Fig. 2 as that shown in Fig. 1,'that is to say, there'is no liability, in'connecting theseadjacent edges, of injuring or impairing'th'e elasticityof Referring to Fig. 3, the' fabric or material from which the garment made in accordance' with mypresent invention is constructed, preferably comprises yielding or elastic and unyielding or inelastic portions.- In this fabric, the usual elastic warps 24 andinelastic warps 25 are woven with the 'usual inelastic wefts'26. As clearly indicated in this figure of the drawing,the elastic' warps 24 are arranged in groups, each group containlng a predetermined number of elastic warps, there being five elastic warps- 1n each group. as illustrated -in' this figure. Between each group of elastic warps and the inelastic warps associated therewith, there are spaces indicated at 27in the fabricin which-there-are no warps; It

will also be noted that the wefts 26 are also arranged in groups, each group of Wefts as .illustratcd, comprising a pair of threads. It will be understood however that the numbersof elastic and inelastic warps, as well as the number of inelastic wefts in each group hereinbefore mentioned, may be any desirednumber. In weaving this fabric or material, the loomis fitted with a leno device, and additional warp threads are woven into the fabric along the edges of the groups of elastic and inelastic warps. These additional warps are indicated at 28, and as indicated in the drawing, each of the same passes under alternate groups 30 of the weft threads on the reverse side of the fabric between those sections formed by the groups of elastic and inelastic warps, then over the outer inelastic warp 32 and the outer elastic warp 29 on the obverse side of the fabric, and then under the intermediate groups 31 of weft threads on the reverse side-of the fabric. This as will be understood, binds the edges of the sections of the fabric containing the elastic warps, separates the groups 30 and 31 of the weft threads extending between these sections of the fabric and also raises the alternate groups 30 of the weft threads, thereby providing spaces 19 between the groups of weft threads for ventilating purposes, as hereinbefore mentioned.

That portion of the hereinbefore described fabric extending between the extremities of the bracket A, Fig. 3, is elastic ris extending between the extremities of the brackets B, Fig. 3, are inelastic or unyielding, and these elastic and inelastic sections may be so made in any suitable manner old in the art; for example, by weaving the fabric with the elastic warps under tension to produce the elastic sections or by releasing the tension on the elastic warps in weaving the inelastic sections, or by suitably packing the weft threads in the inelastic sections, or by employing weft threads of different weights in the inelastic sections,'-'0r-otherwise, as is known to the art. 'I claim as my invention: 7

y 1. A"corset consistingof a plurality of suitably shaped sections extending from the .top edge to the bottom edge of the corset, certain of which sections consist of a woven fabric having lateral unyielding or inelastic portions and an intermediate integrally woven yielding or elastic portion, each of the said sections being connected to its adjoining section by its lateral unyielding or inelastic :p'ortion, whereby the intermediate yielding i or'elastic portion of the fabric is not injured 'by the means employedfor connecting the sections together. v ,2. A corset consisting of a plurality of suitably shaped sections extending from the or yielding and those portions of the fabpockets, and

top edge to the lower edge of the corset, certain of which sections consists of a woven fabric having lateral inelastic or unyielding portions and an intermediate integrally woven yielding or elastic portion, and strips running longitudinally of the corset and to which the edges of the inelastic or unyielding portions of adjoining sections are connected, so that in securing the sections together the yielding or elastic portion of the fabric is not injured.

3. A corset consisting of a plurality of suitably shaped sections extending from the top edge to the lower edge of the corset, each of which sections consists of a woven fabric having lateral inelastic or unyielding portions and an intermediate integrally woven yielding or elastic portion, strips running longitudinally of the corset and to which the edges of the inelastic or unyielding portions of adjoining sections are connected, so that in securing the sections together the yielding or elastic portion of the fabric is not injured, the said strips being provided with suitable stays fitted within the said pockets.

4. A corset consisting of a plurality of suitably shaped sections extending longitudinally thereof, certain of which sections consist of a woven fabric comprising lateral unyielding or inelastic portions and an intermediate integrally woven yielding or elastic portion and in which, in pro-arranged positions, there are spaces for the circulation of air, each of the said sections being connected to its adjacent section through its lateral unyielding or inelastic portion, whereby the intermediate yielding or elastic portion of the fabric is not injured by the means for connecting the sections together. p 5. A corset consisting of a plurality of suitably shaped sections extending from the top edge to the bottom edge of the corset, certain of which sections consist of a woven fabric having lateral unyielding or inelastic portions and an intermediate integrally woven yielding or elastic portion, in which, in pre-arranged positions, there are spaces forthe circulation of air, each of the said sections being connected to its adjoining section by its lateral unyielding or inelastic portion, whereby the intermediate yielding or elastic portion of the fabric is not injured by the means employed for connecting the sections together. a

A corset consisting of a plurality of suitably shaped sections extending from the top edge to the lower edge of the corset, each of which sections consists of a woven fabric having lateral inelastic or unyielding portions and an intermediate integrally woven yielding or elastic portion, in which, in prearranged positions, there are spaces for the circulation of air, and strips running longitudinally of the corset and to which the edges of the inelastic or unyielding portions of adjoining sections are connected, so that in securing the sections together the yielding or elastic portion of the fabric is not injured.

Signed by me this 5th day of February, 70 1914.

WALDEMAR KOPS.

Witnesses:

BERTHA M. ALLEN, J. B. LE BLANO. 

